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Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fin"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock.
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A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
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Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
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Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
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Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat.
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A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border.
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The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.
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A square piece of turf or peat.
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A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
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The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
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A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
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An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.
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An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.
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A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel.
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Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.
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Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
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A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
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